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“You can’t have one, you can’t have one, you can’t have one without the other….” Holistic wellbeing and homeostasis To keep us healthy, our body constantly strives to maintain a state of internal, physiological balance – homeostasis. Holistic wellbeing is about paying attention to how key elements of our external...

Type 2 diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions. There are 3.9 million people living with diabetes – 90% of those of being affected by Type 2 diabetes and one in THREE UK adults has prediabetes, the condition that precedes diabetes. World Diabetes Day – November 14 Every year, on 14th November...

How often do we sit at our work desks feeling our energy evaporate, our productivity tumble and our sense of well-being vanish as the day goes on? I know I do… all too frequently! And whether we’re in an office environment, or work from home, a desk-based job doesn’t lend...

“Stress is not a state of mind… it’s measurable and dangerous, and humans can’t seem to find their off-switch” – Neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky in the documentary Stress: Portrait of a Killer. The International Stress Awareness Week (5 – 9 November) highlights the impact that chronic stress has on...

Hey everyone… happy September! With ‘Self-care September’ firmly in mind, I just wanted to give you all a quick ‘heads up’ on a great new e-book which I have had the pleasure of working on over the summer, along with Jo Romero and a team of 19 health bloggers, experts and...

Winter foods are hygge to you and your Gut Critters! When we adjust our diet and lifestyle to match the demands of those colder, darker winter months, not only do we feel better, but our health-promoting digestive microbes change dramatically too, manufacturing enzymes that support our winter needs for energy,...

Autoimmune disease is a bummer. Autoimmune arthritis is a bummer. And psoriatic arthritis – a form of autoimmune arthritis with psoriasis – is no exception. Left to its own devices, autoimmune diseases take no prisoners in their destructive progression and conventional approaches can only leave the sufferer reliant upon toxic and hideously debilitating medications....

Sadly, my younger self wasn’t able to piece together the complex medical and research jigsaw on arthritis and psoriasis that convinced me that food-as-medicine was the ONLY way of truly healing myself from a progressive autoimmune disease – psoriatic arthritis. IN THE FIRST POST in this series I shared how good it felt to know I...

Did you wolf down a ‘skinny’ breakfast (or none at all) and rush off to work dragging your desperate body (protesting “No, no NO!”) behind you? We’ve all done it. And throughout the hectic morning do you plough on, with regular hits from coffee (black, no sugar) or energy-drinks? And come lunch-time, do...

If your ‘get-up-and-go’ has got-up-and-gone, then Summer is exactly the right time to get it back! Health, energy, vitality, optimism and fun is our birthright and summer-living is all about feeling light, energised and raring to get the most out of these preciously long days. Image Credit: Clube de Escrita Your life is not your ‘fate’. How often...

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"Kirsty and Isabel's support, knowledge, empathy and recommendations have helped me achieve an incredible turn around in my health. Now, 6 months down-the-line, I am not only playing with my children, I am not taking any medication, I am walking every day, doing yoga every day and I sometimes try a little jog - a far from where I was just 6 months ago!"